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1964.ISL.01Scouting in Iceland
Iceland·1964
Commemorative set honouring Icelandic Scouting
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Identity
- CodeSeries code YYYY.ENT.SS — year, 3-letter issuing entity, sequence (e.g. 1900.CGH.01).
1964.ISL.01- EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
- Iceland (ISL)
- Year
- 1964-04-24
- Event
- Commemorative set honouring Icelandic Scouting
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
Production
- Designer
- Árni Sveinbjörnsson
- Printer
- Helio Courvoisier
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- 11½ (also given as Comb 11¾)
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 964.2; 964.3
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- IS 360; IS 361
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- IS 378; IS 379
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- IS 333; IS 334
- Stanley GibbonsStanley Gibbons catalog number (UK / Commonwealth).
- IS 409; IS 410
History
Iceland issued two photogravure commemoratives at Reykjavík on 24 April 1964 honouring Icelandic Scouting. Árni Sveinbjörnsson designed a common type: the Icelandic Scout motto VERTU VIÐBÚINN above a stylized Scout emblem — a fleur-de-lis set against a gear-like form with a yellow three-rayed sun and a central banner reading ÍSLAND. The 3.50 krónur stamp is on a light-blue ground; the 4.50 krónur on a pale green ground. Helio Courvoisier printed the set in panes of fifty. Each value had a print run of 1,500,000. Perforation is given as about 11½–11¾.